Permits for Extinction

The Trump administration, and the system that enabled it, want to turn legal definitions into death sentences for the wild.

This proposed rule change is an extinction strategy masquerading as legal precision.

In its latest push to weaken environmental protections, the Trump administration has proposed rewriting the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act. If finalized, this change would effectively gut one of the most vital mechanisms we have for protecting enda…